South Fellowship Elders
Welcome to our Elder page. Here you can find upcoming nomination information.
UPDATED 8.25.26
Elder Nominations
Earlier this year, South began the process of adding new members to our elder board. In March, Pastor Alex invited our church community to prayerfully nominate men and women whom they believed could serve South well as elders. Over six weeks, our church community submitted 94 nominations, representing 53 individuals. We are incredibly grateful for the thought, prayer, and care that went into those nominations, as well as your patience as our elders have spent the past several months discerning next steps.
After much prayer and conversation, the elder board invited nine of those nominees, five men and four women, into an initial conversation about serving as an elder. Five determined that this was not the right season for them to consider serving due to personal, vocational, or other circumstances. The remaining four candidates were invited into a deeper discernment process. Through multiple conversations, prayer, and careful consideration, the elder board felt called to invite all four to serve. We are grateful that each of them also feels called and is willing to serve.
The four candidates being presented to the congregation are:
Jackson Morehead
Kevin Rayl
Chad VanRyn
Lauren Zitek
If you missed the announcement on Sunday, August 23, you can watch Peter Persson and Bill Wizeman share the full update below, including more about the discernment process and the four candidates.
In accordance with South’s bylaws and constitution, these four candidates are being submitted to the congregation for consideration. For the next two weeks, we welcome questions or comments before officially inviting them to join the elder board. If you have a question, concern, or comment, please contact a current elder rather than a staff member or one of the elder candidates. You can reach the elder board at the button below.
We are deeply grateful for the way our church has participated in this process. Serving together as staff and lay elders continues to remind us of the gift of community and the ways God uses us to sharpen, encourage, and shape one another. Our prayer is that South Fellowship will continue to be a community that blesses each person who calls it home and blesses the world around us.
